Chapter XV: Appendix: II

SPECIMEN OF A ROMAN CALENDAR

Taken from the _Fasti Praenestini_, which were composed between 4 and 10 A.D.

The letters of the first column show the eight days of the Roman _nundinae_, which are repeated for the successive nundinal periods; the second column gives the number of days before the Calends, Nones, or Ides as the case may be; in the third column the character of the day is indicated by C = _comitialis_, F = _fastus_, N and NP = _nefastus_, and the oldest festivals are given: VIN = _Vinalia_, ROB = _Robigalia_, etc.; the small capitals give the festivals added within the historical period and sundry other notices.

APRIL 23-30

A VIIII VIN F [VINI OMNIS NOVI LIBAMENTVM IOVI]
CONSECRATVM[EST CVM LATINI BELLO PREME]
RENTVR AB·RVTILIS·QVIA·MEZENTIVS·REX·ETRV[SCO]RVM
PACISCEBATVR·SI·SVBSIDIO VENISSIT·OMNIVM·ANNORVM
VINI·FRVCTVM·SIG·DIVO·AVGVSTO·PATRI·AD·THEATRVM·
MARC[ELLI] IVLIA·AVGVSTA·ET·TI·AVGVSTVS·DEDICARVNT

B VIII CTI·CAESAR·TOGAM·VIRILEM·SVMPSIT·IMP·CAESARE·VII·AGRIPPA
III·COS·

FERIAE·ROBIGO·VIA·CLAVDIA·AD·MILLIARIVM
C VII ROB NP V·NE·ROBIGO·FRVMINTIS·NOCEAT·SACRIFICIV[M]
ET·LVDI·CVRSORIBVS·MAIORIBVS·MINORIBVSQ
FIVNT·FESTVS·EST PVERORVM LLNONIORVM
QVIA PROXIMVS·SVPERIOR MERETRICVM EST